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The National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (Nicap)
Central Intelligence Agency · 2001-03-12 · 186 pages · text by OCR
This is a copy of "The UFO Evidence," a report published in May 1964 by the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) in Washington, D.C. and edited by Richard H. Hall. The CIA released its copy in 2001. The report draws 746 sightings from more than 5,000 signed reports and argues that unexplained UFOs are real, artificial objects under intelligent control. It criticizes Air Force secrecy and calls for a Congressional inquiry into Project Blue Book and a larger scientific investigation.
“Sea”27 pages
- p. 20 …Luminous disc Airline pilot Observed circling at sea level;UFO ascended"with incredible speed"to level…
- p. 31 …way from Klagenfurt, Austria to the Adriatic Sea. This occurred on a "lone wolf" mission at…
- p. 43 …Griffin, BOAC; also PAA crew; ship at sea Ring-like UFO, passed above plane and over…
- p. 84 …s for three weeks, curving over Baltic Sea. 2000--3500 mph. 52
G, V September 4…
- p. 89 …Many of the citizens of Alaska along the Bering Sea Coast have reported seeing missile-like…
- p. 91 …In one movie I even saw Moses hold back the waters of the Red Sea. These…
- p. 93 …The hypothesis that the objects were out of focus sea gulls was considered by the Air…
- p. 104 …Two fishermen at sea, George Korkan and Jack Curry, said the substance settled on their boat…
- p. 105 …I seemed to recall, far out to sea on occasion.
"At the time I assumed that…
- p. 113 …20, 1952; North Sea, three color photographs taken on board an aircraft carrier. Aug.12,1953…
- p. 122 …Ships at sea have reported strange objects For example see Section II; U.S.S. Supply…
- p. 123 …regularly over the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and Central America See December 6, 1952 Gulf…
- p. 124 …The object maneuvered under the plane, hovered, then dove toward the sea. 21
July 14, 1959…
- p. 125 …Mainbrace, extensive naval maneuvers in the North Sea on and about September 20, 1952, UFOs were…
- p. 127 …Reports in southern Europe and over the Mediterranean Sea have been as frequent as in any…
- p. 129 …OCEAN & ANTARCTIA
UFOs have been sighted at sea, in the islands of the major oceans, and…
- p. 130 …dry $ 7 4^{\circ} \mathrm{F} $ , wet $ 6 7^{\circ} \mathrm{F} $ , sea $ 7 9^{\circ…
- p. 132 …over the front lines and out to sea. The UFO at one point passed in front…
- p. 136 …cattle bolted. XII
September 19, 1952--North Sea. Spherical UFO photographed from U. S. Navy aircraft…
- p. 139 …Natives in small boat, saw UFO, descend vertically, hover about 20 feet above sea
boat saw…
- p. 141 …Cigar-shaped UFO with "portholes." XII
May 22, 1960--Majorca Isle, Mediterranean Sea. Palma Observatory reported…
- p. 151 …accelerated rapidly and pulled away out to sea. Section IV.
1-29-52 Wonsan, Korea Revolving…
- p. 152 …of light around edge hovering just over sea about 40° off port bow; UFO then shot…
- p. 153 …object, it darted away East toward the sea. Section X. 9-28-60 Arlington, Texas Star…
- p. 161 …altitude is given as altitude above mean sea level. To convert to altitude above station level…
- p. 162 …Coast Guardsman saw two discs circle station, head out to sea.
- p. 164 …Force Pilots flying a formation of jets above the North Sea observed a shiny sphere approaching
Note: These drawings are hypothetical constructions, generalized from hundreds of UFO reports. They are intended to indicate basic shapes which have been reported, and are not necessarily completely accurate in every detail. Additional details sometimes reported, such as "portholes," projections, body lights, etc., are not portrayed. The general types shown do represent with reasonable accuracy virtually all UFOs which have been reliably described in any detail. Examples of each type appear in the left-hand column.
UFO SHAPE BOTTOM VIEW BOTTOM ANGLE SIDE VIEW
1. FLAT DISC
A. 10-54 Cox
7-2-52 Newhouse
B. 7-9-47 Johnson
7-14-52 Nash A
oval B A
lens-shaped
coin-like
2. DOMED DISC
A. 9-21-58 Fitzgerald
4-24-62 Gasslein
B. 5-11-50 Trent
8-7-52 Jansen A
hat-shaped B A
World War I helmet
3. SATURN DISC(Double dome)
A. 10-4-54 Salandin
1-16-58 Trindade
10-2-61 Harris
B. 8-20-56 Moore A
elliptical or winged oval Diamond-shaped Saturn-shaped
4. HEMISPHERICAL DISC
9-24-59 Redmond
1-21-61 Pulliam
2-7-61 Walley Parachute Mushroom
half moon
5. FLATTENED SPHERE
10-1-48 Gorman
4-27-50 Adickes
10-9-51 C.A.A. Sometimes with peak
6. SPHERICAL(Circular from all angles)
3-45 Delarof
1-20-52 Baller
10-12-61 Edwards A
metallic-appearing ball B
ball of glowing light
7. ELLIPTICAL
12-20-58 Arboreen
11-2-57 Levelland
8-13-60 Carson Football
egg-shaped
8. TRIANGULAR
5-7-56 G.O.C.
5-22-60 Majorca Tear-drop
9. CYLINDRICAL(Rocket-like)
8-1-46 Puckett
7-23-48 Chiles 10. LIGHT SOURCE ONLY
"cigar-shaped"
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 186 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.